By Roz Lee
November 20, 2008
An update from Roz Lee.
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By SoCal Connected Staff
November 20, 2008
This week you'll have plenty of opportunities to give your thanks, time and a few hard-earned samoleans.
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By Web Team
November 20, 2008
Sam Atwood, spokesperson for the South Coast Air Quality Management District discusses how wildfires affect air quality and our health. Atwood shares tips on how to protect yourself when air quality is the most unhealthy.
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By SoCal Connected
November 20, 2008
Watch the full episode.
- After the Burn
- After the Burn: Inside Story
- Commentary by Marcos Villatoro
- Web Original: YouTube Fire Wall
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By Marcos Villatoro
November 20, 2008
Fire is a natural cleanser. That's a strange notion for urban folk, and little consolation for our neighbors who have lost their homes. But every year we're faced with this. The bigger we grow, the closer we get to the source of the flames.
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By Angela Shelley
November 20, 2008
Producer Angela Shelley spent the day at Sylmar Senior High with the evacuees who tell their own moving stories of escaping the firestorm and trying to make sense of the senseless.
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By Correspondent Angie Crouch
November 20, 2008
Another devastating series of wildfires in southern California... it's clear that our fire season is now year-round. Our Emmy-winning package looks at how we build our homes, and asks who is going to pay for the costs of firefighting.
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By Web Team
November 20, 2008
The only thing that spreads faster than a wildfire is a viral video of a wildfire.
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By Val Zavala
November 13, 2008
Stealing plants is bad karma. The thief is going to feel guilty every time they look at that aloe in their backyard.
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By SoCal Connected
November 13, 2008
This film will give you a sense of what will be happening in the event of an earthquake, to prepare and mitigate for a faster recovery.
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By SoCal Connected
November 13, 2008
Watch the full episode
- Shake-Up Call
- Gurrilla Gardeners
- Commentary by Sandra Tsing Loh
- Web Original: Design Matters
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By SoCal Connected Staff
November 13, 2008
Do you believe charter schools are the solution to the area's public school woes? Given a choice between a charter school, public magnet school and a voucher program for your child, what would you choose?
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By SoCal Connected Staff
November 13, 2008
Get involved by getting prepared and making the city greener.
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By Web Team
November 13, 2008
Ultimately design matters in the way we prepare citizens to cope with a disaster.
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By David L. Ulin
November 13, 2008
We all know earthquakes are a force of nature. But they are a force of identity, as well. Living with the threat of quakes gives us a quintessentially Californian perspective, an appreciation of the ephemeral nature of the world we live in.
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By Val Zavala
November 13, 2008
A group of nocturnal gardeners turn patches of neglected public land into urban gardens within a matter of hours.
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By Correspondent Vince Gonzales
November 13, 2008
Despite being one of the most prepared cities in the world when it comes to earthquakes, LA has one major vulnerability - so-called “killer buildings.”
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By SoCal Connected Staff
November 7, 2008
Think a new day is dawning? To paraphrase the President Elect-slash-One, change begins with you. Here are some suggestions to help make Barack Obama's job easier by getting involved in the SoCal area.
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By Val Zavala
November 6, 2008
I am tired of hearing California described as a “bellwether” state, the state that “sets the tone” for the rest of the country and even the world.
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By Joseph Angier
November 6, 2008
It’s part of my job at SoCal Connected to be Californi-centric in all things, and that’s rarely hard to do given how much of a bellwether we are to the rest of the nation.
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